Marijuana is
a psychoactive product
of the plant Cannabis
sativa, or more often, Cannabis indica The major biologically
active chemical compound in cannabis is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol),
commonly referred to as THC.

Medical News

A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the
spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body.

That's the finding of a new study published in the latest issue of the journal Molecular
Cancer Therapeutics.

The study, by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center Research
Institute, is raising hope that CBD, a compound found in Cannabis sativa, could
be the first non-toxic agent to show promise in treating metastatic forms of
breast cancer.